Mar 15, 2023 | Agriculture, Biology, Environmental, News, NIR, Reflectance
In this March’s Spectroscopy Special, we review one of the world’s favorite animals and discuss all of the useful ways spectroscopy is currently used in Panda Bear research. From Diet analysis to habitat loss, researchers are able to study the...
Sep 30, 2022 | Application, Color Measurement, News, NIR
Congratulations to our third-place winner Ph.D. candidate Sofia Schirmer and Associate Professor Felipe Gawryszewski at Universidade de Brasília for their research on near-infrared reflectance in butterfly wings. This team has been studying butterflies in the Cerrados...
Sep 22, 2022 | Application, Fluorescence, News, NIR
Congratulations to our second-place winner Professor Stacy Copp, Ph.D. Candidate Anna Gonzalez Rosell, and their team at the University of California, Irvine. They are using biomolecular engineering to develop NIR bio-labels that is within a class of fluorophores. The...
Jul 20, 2022 | Application, Food, NIR
Wenya Wei, Huanhuan Li, Suleiman A. Haruna, Jizhong Wu, Quansheng Chen Abstract The quality of pork meat is vital since it is one of the most essential sources of proteins and other nutrients. Near-infrared spectroscopy via colorimetric sensor array (NIRS-CSA)...
Jul 18, 2022 | Application, Food, News, NIR
It’s summer, and like most people at this time of year, the SpectraWizard is excited about summer barbeques. In fact, he’s so excited that he’s hosting one and you are invited! What is on the menu you may ask? How does fresh pork and beef sound? Don’t worry –...